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Following H-P announcement, Dell promised new ultra-portable PC

By American-Statesman Staff | Tuesday, April 8, 2008, 11:33 AM

Dell responded quickly after Hewlett-Packard announced that it would sell an ultra-portable PC.

On Tuesday, H-P said in statement that it will sell its Mini-Note — a 2.63-pound machine with an 8.9-inch screen. It’ll cost $499 for the Linux model or $599 if it comes loaded with Windows.

Michael Dell, CEO and founder of Dell Inc., responded quickly, according to a report by Bloomberg News.

“We will introduce a similar laptop,” he said at a Tel Aviv press conference today. “We do see opportunities for very interesting products that are smaller and lighter and address the more mobile users in a very cost-effective way.”

Ultra-portable PCs are generally marketed to schools and school children.

In the Bloomberg report, Dell wasn’t specific about the forthcoming computers that are expected to be smaller than a textbook.

“Stay tuned,” Dell said. “We will have some interesting products coming in that space over the next two quarters.”

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By Rob

April 8, 2008 12:18 PM | Link to this

Who cares?

By JLC

April 8, 2008 12:38 PM | Link to this

Obviously you do, enough to post a comment anyway.

By JLC

April 8, 2008 12:38 PM | Link to this

Obviously you do, enough to post a comment anyway.

By JSS

April 8, 2008 1:53 PM | Link to this

Snooze. Time for this dinosaur to die.

By KoKo

April 8, 2008 2:13 PM | Link to this

The HP is old news, but the Dell is not. I guess this is the new market segment (cheap, tiny laptops.) I wonder if Lenovo and I dunno, VIA are looking at offering their own versions.

If Apple could ever conceive of using something other than OS X on a computer, they could offer something pretty cool, I bet. The iPhone is already pretty close.

By kingkirbythegreatoftexas

April 8, 2008 3:46 PM | Link to this

Why would Apple use anything other than OS X? It’s the benchmark for OSes. Apple just to shrink the Air’s screen by an inch or so.

By kingkirbythegreatoftexas

April 8, 2008 3:46 PM | Link to this

Why would Apple use anything other than OS X? It’s the benchmark for OSes. Apple just needs to shrink the Air’s screen by an inch or so.

By adam

April 8, 2008 4:41 PM | Link to this

i hope apple never uses anything but there own OS. i have never had a real problem with OSX unlike windows.

By naman

April 8, 2008 5:44 PM | Link to this

What the heck does Apple have to do with this? The people who buy these micro-PCs are in a completely different market segment than those who buy Apple. These new micro-PCs are for people who need a really cheap, bare-bones, super-small laptop for simple tasks like internet, email and maybe some word processing. This isn’t Apple’s market (although it would be neat to see what they could come up with address this group).

By chatten

April 8, 2008 6:13 PM | Link to this

Dell stinks. Period.

By bigred

April 8, 2008 6:37 PM | Link to this

I’m glad Dell has offered more exciting products. I love Dell computers. It appears to be a good thing that Michael took over the company completely again.

Y’all have a Dell of a day!

By Bob Smith

April 8, 2008 7:44 PM | Link to this

Another “me too” from the great followers in Round Rock. I love the fact that they’ve reinvented themselves again, copying first the iPod unsuccessfully, then HDTV’s unsuccessfully, and now into retail stores (only 10 years late). It would be nice to see Dell make a product / service announcement that didn’t follow some other companies lead. Oh yeah, they just announced a plant closing and layoffs. I guess they beat HP and Apple to the punch on that one.

By Copycat

April 8, 2008 8:10 PM | Link to this

Once again the copycat strikes to make cheap and inferior products on the name of good ones. Have you ever looked inside a Dell computer? It looks like a 1000 watt hair dryer. I think I will buy an HP just after I buy some of their stock. Dell had too many ads on tv and in the newpapers and made me sick of them. Every time I see their ad I recall the bad times I had getting customer service and not being able to see my laptop display. They staff the prima donnas, pay them too much, give them stock options instead of paying stockholders. They should go back to the garage and get out of the Ritz.

By Mikey Dell

April 8, 2008 9:56 PM | Link to this

Fear not shareholders as I will be reducing my staff even further as I maintain my hold on the Forbes 50 list.

Thank goodness we got rid of Trifusion as they were taking us to the cleaners with their high prices and poor management.

By JSS

April 9, 2008 1:20 AM | Link to this

Looks like Dell is offering up its a* to Dubai investors. Michael must have one sore a*****

By TheOriginalGreatPharoah

April 9, 2008 2:38 PM | Link to this

And it will made made in Shanghai by Tibetan slave labor(also known as Foxconn)It is time to realize that Michael Dell is just a slimy little coniver who made a bunch of money copying other people’s work and ideas, as cheaply as possible lying wherever he could. He is beneath contempt. When all those pretty buildings in Round Rock and off Parmer Lane, built with taxpayer financing and tax rebates, sit empty and desolate while Dell takes off for China or India, those of us who have to live here will have learned a valuable lesson, and never again give tax rebates to any corporation, and to never believe a word these liars say.

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